Innovation

Why Fish Out of Water Are (Sometimes) Great Innovators

by Kurt W. Sandholtz (Brigham Young University) and Walter W. Powell (Stanford University) Ed Catmull knew nothing about Hollywood movie making when he left the New York Institute of Technology…

Reliance on Science in Patenting – a New Dataset (Open Access)

by Matt Marx and Aaron Fuegi Understanding the scientific heritage of innovation has been an objective of scholars for decades. Where do inventions come from? How is academic research translated into…

Strategic Responses to Crisis

A Virtual Special Issue edited by Matthias Wenzel, Sarah Stanske, and Marvin Lieberman Currently, the pandemic crisis is affecting the lives of people and organizations around the world. As the…

Are Outside CEOs Detrimental to Innovation?

by Olivier Chatain, SMJ Associate Editor The slow down in investment in innovation in large corporation is obviously concerning but it is also puzzling. In a recent SMJ paper,…

The Decline of Science in Corporate R&D

by SMJ Associate Editor, Olivier Chatain (HEC Paris) Arora A, Belenzon S, Patacconi A. The decline of science in corporate R&D. Strat Mgmt J. 2017;1–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2693 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.2693/full The topic and the…

Research Chatter 4: Is disruptive innovation still a useful theory?

by Charlie Williams Disruptive innovation is an idea that leapt from the pages of Strategic Management Journal to the lips of business people and entrepreneurs around the world. But…